It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Brian Keith Gilliam, 32 years old. Brian passed away Sunday, January 5, 2025.
Brian forever changed the lives of so many people, his smile lit up a room, his contagious energy, and he loved so hard. Loved by all, he was a best friend to many. The two things he took the most pride in was his two babies, Paisley Brooke and Lane Keith. He loved being a dad. Brian was a United States Navy Veteran and persued his career as a firefighter with Oxford Fire Department and also worked in construction. Outside of work, he loved a crowd, at any given time you could find him watching an Ole Miss game, listening to music, or playing cornhole with a cold one in his hand. “Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life and you Brian had a life well lived” Take your rest!
Survivors include his children, Paisley Brooke and Lane Keith Gilliam, their mother, April Joyner, parents, Toby and Norma Bishop, sisters, Angel Dillard (Billy) and Brittany Bishop (Jimmy), brother, Chris Bishop (Tiffany), nieces and nephews, Kallie Harrison, Emeri Dillard, Weston Carwyle, Noah Lyles, Brayden Bishop, Bentley Bishop, MaKenna Mason, Anniston Mason, Micha Billings, and Pricilla Weaver.
Brian was preceded in death by his father, Johnny Keith Gilliam and his grandfather, Charlie Jumper.
Services will be 11AM Friday, January 10, 2025, at Tutor Memorial Funeral Home in Pontotoc. Visitation will be Thursday, January 9th 5-8PM and Friday, January 20th 10 AM until service time. Burial will follow in Beulah Cemetery in Myrtle.
Pallbearers will be Andrew Douglas, Taylor Leifheit, Anthony Nielsen, Brandon Rhea, Dayton Cooper, Cody Bellmore, CJ Jumper, and Travis Harris.
